Blog | Driftwood Eco Tours

Jul 26, 20182 min read

Alpine Flora Tour 2018 Rebecca Bowater

This 4 day tour commenced from Driftwood Eco-tours base in Blenheim on the 7th January. The guides were Will Parson and myself as the...

Jan 2, 20182 min read

Nature tour to the Wairau Lagoon

I love the Wairau Lagoons. I brought a property over-looking the 2,400 hectare tidal lagoon in the lower Wairau Valley, Marlborough in...

Oct 31, 20171 min read

Our wildlife paradise

What a paradise we live in, Rose and I decided to take a short walk before dinner across the river. We live in the edge of the Opawa...

Oct 18, 20171 min read

Video of our close encounter with a leopard seal

Kayaking this week with our lovely guests from the U.K. Jill and Alan in the Wairau Lagoon, a typically shallow tidal wetland, we...

Sep 7, 20171 min read

Kayaking with our new guide Glenn Lambeth

We are very happy to have Glenn Lambeth join us as senior kayak guide this season. Glenn’s considerable experience guiding kayaking...

Aug 25, 20171 min read

Royal Spoonbill, Kings and Queens of the river

The spring is here and the warmer weather is enticing us out onto the little river which runs past our home, the Opaoa River....

Aug 2, 20172 min read

Meet our animals at the retreat

Will and I LOVE animals of all kinds and our retreat is a busy place with our farm animals and pets. Our visitors love feeding our small...

Jul 12, 20171 min read

Kayaking in the Wairau Lagoon

Black fronted tern We have had some lovely kayak trips into the Wairau Lagoon. Here I had alot of fun photographing a rare black fronted...

Jul 4, 20171 min read

Our bird watching winter watching holiday

Will and I have recently returned from our winter holiday at Motueka and Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island, New...

May 17, 20171 min read

French Pass and d’Urville Island tours 2017-18

View of the Pelorus Sound on the way to French Pass. The farm in the distance is Te Towaka owned by the Leov family. Photos by Tamzin...